TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joy Alemazung
PY  - 2013
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653033502
TI  - State Constitutions and Governments without Essence in Post-Independence Africa
T2  - Governance along a Failure-Success Continuum with Illustrations from Benin, Cameroon and the DRC
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-03350-2
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1046547
N2  - This book in a diagnostic approach looks at the problems plaguing Africa, a continent rich in human and natural resources yet the poorest in the world. The main question is: what is the purpose of government in Africa? As illustrated by different empirical examples, the study argues that the creation of states and governments after colonialism was a «false start» and was not impacted by the social contract principle of men forming government to preserve the common good. The result is a leadership culture of government against the people with weak institutions in favour of strong autocratic rulers. The core of this study is a solution seeking approach with alternative political forms.
KW  - Consociational democracy, democratisation, Demokratisierung: social contract, development politics, Konsens Demokratie
LA  - English
ER  -